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September 19, 1956

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Bottom 8	R	H	E
Orioles	1	6	1
Tigers	8	13	0

Bottom 8	R	H	E
Orioles	1	6	1
Tigers	9	13	0

Al Kaline Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.312
OBP	1.000	.379
At Bats	4	583
Hits	4	182
• Singles	3	116
• Doubles	0	31
• Triples	0	9
• Home Runs	1	26
Walks	0	64
RBI’s	3	121

Billy O'Dell Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Briggs Stadium - September 19, 1956

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Billy O'Dell

Tom Gastall

Bob Boyd

Dick Williams

Brooks Robinson

Billy Gardner

Jim Pyburn

Tito Francona

Tex Nelson

Al Kaline

Charlie Maxwell

Jack Phillips

Frank Lary

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lary tags and scores. Phillips tags and moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 8 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.

Bottom 8 Billy O'Dell now pitching. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. Lary moves to third.

Bottom 8 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Lary moves to second.

Bottom 8 Gordie Sundin now pitching. Jim Pyburn now playing left field. Tom Gastall now catching. Lary takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Boyd hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bolling is hit by the pitch. Tuttle moves to second.

Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner misplays the ball. That's an error on Gardner.

Bottom 7 Morrie Martin now pitching. Boone strikes out.

Bottom 7 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Brooks Robinson now playing third base. Erv Palica now pitching. Tex Nelson now playing right field. Dick Williams now playing second base. BillyPhillips hits a fly ball into right field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Brooks Robinson pinch hits for George Zuverink. Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Willie Miranda. Ginsberg strikes out.

Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuenn for the out.

Bottom 6 Lary hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores.

Bottom 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tuttle moves to second.

Bottom 6 Bolling strikes out.

Bottom 6 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Nieman moves to third.

Top 6 Triandos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Francona scores. Nieman moves to second.

Top 6 Nieman takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.

Top 6 Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Miranda fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Bottom 5 George Zuverink now pitching. Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Maxwell moves to third.

Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Phillips moves to third.

Bottom 5 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.

Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Lary hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Lary reaches second base with a double. Williams throws the ball in to Kell who tags Lary trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Bottom 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Boyd strikes out.

Top 5 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out.

Bottom 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Triandos fires to second and picks off Tuttle for the out.

Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Tuttle reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 4 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Gardner hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 4 Triandos hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Kuenn strikes out.

Bottom 3 Lary hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kaline scores. Tuttle moves to third.

Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Tuttle reaches second base with a double. Kaline moves to third.

Bottom 2 Boone hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Brown is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Miranda is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 2 Kell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Maxwell strikes out.

Bottom 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Triandos hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Nieman takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boyd moves to second.

Top 1 Boyd takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lary tags and scores. Phillips tags and moves to third.

Orioles @ Tigers
September 19, 1956